BAY ST. LOUIS – Last year's playoff loss to Forrest County AHS stuck with St. Stanislaus. It was hard to shake the narrow loss because, as SSC head coach Bill Conides put it, the Rockachaws felt like their postseason run was stolen from them.

There was no doubt Friday night who was the better team "between the walls" at Brother Phillip Memorial Athletic Complex.

The Rockachaws never trailed against the visiting Aggies, avenging last year's loss 42-21.

With the victory, St. Stanislaus will host Purvis in the MHSAA Class 4A South State title game. The Purvis Tornadoes knocked off Poplarville 31-28.

"It was 364 days since we lost to them," Conides said. "Last year was our year and they took it right from us and so this week has been nothing but revenge, nothing but payback. The guys took it upon themselves to make sure it happened."

The final score doesn't accurately reflect the nip-and-tuck play of the first half. The Aggies (5-8 overall) were set to tie the game at 14-14 just before the half after a Myles Brennan interception was returned deep into the Rockachaws' red zone, but defensive back Mason Favre bailed out his quarterback with a 84-yard pick-six as the halftime buzzer sounded.

The interception was huge, flipping momentum in the home team's favor.

FCAHS quarterback Landon Ware threw another interception three plays into the second half, setting up a 31-yard touchdown run by Patrick McRaney that put SSC (12-1) ahead 28-7.

"That (pick-six) was huge. It as an uncharacteristic mistake by us, but the defense picked it up," Conides said. "The defense, man, they really picked it up and got after them."

Brennan started the game by completing his first 15 passes and finished by completing 33 of 42 passes for 382 yards and four touchdowns.

Brennan spread the ball around to his receivers, but especially leaned on sophomore tight end Chase Rogers and senior receiver Chase Rhodes.

Rogers finished with nine receptions for 132 yards and one touchdown, while Rhodes hauled in 10 passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns.

Rhodes' 10 receptions pushed the senior past Krisjon Wilkerson for the SSC career receptions record with 205.

"I felt like as a senior he has been through it all and he deserved it," Brennan said. "I wanted to make sure he got that record tonight."

Brennan threw 6- and 11-yard touchdown passes to Rogers and McRaney to open the scoring in the first quarter. Brennan connected with Rhodes twice in the second half for scores of 6- and 18-yards to cap St. Stanislaus' scoring.

Running back Darious Leggett fueled much of the Aggies' offense. He caught a 76-yard touchdown pass that brought the Aggies within seven to open the second quarter and then had touchdown runs of 1 and 24 yards in the second half.

"Leggett is a damn good player," Conides said. "A kid like Leggett can go, but I thought we responded well and tackled him well for the most part."